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0Report: Toyota exec. thinks hybrids are too expensive for Scion, AWD possible 1265147880
"Scion (is an) innovation laboratory and a chance to try new things," says Jack Hollis, vice president of Scion, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. What comes to mind when people think of Toyota and innovation? Hybrids, right? And, moving another step towards some sort of logical conclusion here, since ...
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Report: Scion considering entering compact pickup market 1263661260
Scion Hako concept – Click above for high-res image galleryWe know that Scion will launch a new tC coupe and a tiny little iQ minicar before the end of the year, but what comes after that? Yoshi Inaba, president of Toyota Motor North America, has admitted that the Japanese automaker hasn't ... -
Report: Toyota to offer hybrid Scion iQ in sedan, five-door 1262897880
Scion iQ Concept – click above for high-res image galleryYou know that Toyota iQ your cousin's seen running around Europe and Japan? It's making its way Stateside, first to next week's Detroit Auto Show, then to a Scion dealer near you as a hybrid. This is according to a scoop by Inside ... -
Cheap electric car conversions could come from lead acids + supercapacitor 1257199440
There's no debate that batteries for electric cars remain absurdly expensive and one of the main hurdles to widespread EV acceptance. A team of electric vehicle converters at the ChargeCar project at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania is trying to solve the puzzle by using low-cost lead ...
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Pulled Ahead? Scion dealers saying iQ headed for U.S. in 2010 1250539260
Scion iQ Concept – Click above for high-res image galleryLast we heard, Toyota was planning to bring the diminutive iQ to the American market badged as a Scion in either late 2010 or early 2011 as a 2012 model. According to AutoWeek, that date may have been moved up a few months as a major ... -
REPORT: Scion iQ headed for America by early 2011 with a few changes 1246293600
Scion iQ Concept – Click above for high-res image galleryAs expected, Toyota's youthful Scion division will indeed get a version of the diminutive iQ for the North American market, possibly by either the end of 2010 as an '11 model or in early 2011 as a '12 model. According to Motor Trend, ... -
Spy shot: Scion iQ already in New York? 1238618520
In mid-March, Scion confirmed that a new concept car would be headed our way during the New York Auto Show. This "micro-subcompact" sounded like a Scion-badged iQ to us, and now we think we have the first spy shots of the car being unloaded in New York. Of course, this being April Fool's and all, ...
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Scion confirms new concept car headed for New York, iQ on the way? 1237397100
Click above for a high-res image gallery of the Toyota iQScion has decided to end speculation about whether a new concept vehicle will be unveiled at the New York Auto Show by issuing a press release confirming our suspicions. In the process, though, the automaker has stirred the pot back up ... -
Visiting AC Propulsion, Tom Hanks with Current TV 1229110440
Click above to watch videoA crew from Al Gore's Current TV was able to chat up Peter Scolari's better half (that'd be Tom Hanks, above) about driving his all-electric eBox, the converted Scion xB and visit the AC Propulsion headquarters for an interview with CEO Tom Gage. Current host Kristen ... -
LA Preview: Toyota iQ coming to U.S. as a Scion? 1223683440
click above to enlarge the Toyota iQToyota's entry-level and hip Scion brand needs a bit of a pick-me-up, as the marque's sales are down even in the face of high fuel prices here in the United States. Scion could end up getting that new product it so desperately needs in the form of Toyota's ...

